A Large Number of Wildcats and a Majority of Lady Cats Powerlifters Could Go to Regional Meets This Week
Sulphur Springs Powerlifting Coach Casey Jeter will need a vehicle with a lot of capacity to take all of his Wildcats’ powerlifters to the Regional Powerlifting Meet Wednesday at Pine Tree. Although final numbers were not available Monday morning, seven lifters appear to be in good shape to make the Regional Meet with another four possibly getting in. Lifters have to be in the top ten in the region to go to the Regional Meet. Coach Jeter said Austin McCain is in 8th place in the 114 pound weight class. Jesse Carrillo is 2nd in the 148 pound weight class. Ryan Hernandez is 10th in the 148 pound weight class. Ryan Carrillo is 3rd in the 181 pound weight class. George Greenway is 3rd in the 198 pound weight class. Chad Menard is 9th in the 220 pound weight class and Raydon McCormack is 9th in the 275 pound weight class. Coach Jeter said Matthew Mitchell and Wyatt Smithson could possibly qualify in the 181 pound weight class. He said Kayden Wallace and Somjai Pryor are also in the top 15 in the regional and have a chance to qualify.
Two of the Lady Cats three powerlifters will be heading to the Regional Meet Thursday at Pine Tree. Addison Lamb is 6th in the 132 pound weight class. Sable Erdmier is 2nd in the 165 pound weight class. Coach Jeter said Erdmier is only 25 pounds out of first place and he expects her to make up that weight during the Regional Meet.
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Game Day Now Includes Baseball, Golf and Soccer
On this game day Monday (March 2), the Wildcats Baseball Team will have their regular season home opener at Wildcat Park, the Wildcats Golf Team is playing at another Dallas golf course and the Wildcats Soccer Team will be playing at home against Lindale in a match moved from Tuesday night to Monday night due to expected stormy weather on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats Baseball Team will be playing North Lamar. The Wildcats come into their home opener with a record of 3-2. The Wildcats played all five of those games in the Rose City Classic in Tyler this past Thursday through Saturday. The Wildcats got three excellent pitched games in wins over Lindale, Waxahachie and Forney. The losses came to Tyler Lee and to Hallsville in a close one run loss.
The Wildcats Golf Team is playing on this game day Monday at a Dallas Lake Highlands sponsored tournament at Dallas Athletic Club. This is the fourth tournament of the fall semester for the Wildcats.
On the match moved from Tuesday due to expected stormy weather, the Wildcats Soccer Team will now take on Lindale at Gerald Prim Stadium on Monday night. There will be a JV contest at 5:30 p.m. The varsity match follows at around 7:15 p.m. The Wildcats come in with a district record of 5-1. Their season record is 11-5-5. KSST Radio will bring you Wildcats and Lindale soccer from The Prim beginning at 7:15 p.m. Monday. The game will also be videotaped for replay at a later date on Suddenlink Cable Channel 18.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
MGISD: Show Heifer That Tested Positive For Rabies Only Shown In San Antonio
The show heifer that tested positive for rabies first showed symptoms of a a respiratory infection after arriving home from the San Antonio show on Feb. 14, the only location the animal had been except the veterinary’s office and home barn, according to Miller Grove ISD Superintendent Steve Johnson.
Johnson released the following statement regarding the rabies case along with the Texas Department of Health Services release:
2 Women Arrested At Broadway Street Business On Controlled Substance Charge
Police arrested two Dallas area women on controlled substance charges early Sunday morning at a South Broadway Street business.
Sulphur Springs police were dispatched just before 6:30 a.m. March 1 to the 1200 block of South Broadway Street, where one person was reportedly passed out in a vehicle and another was suspected to be using narcotics in the store restroom.
Upon arrival, one officer reported finding a woman inside of a Ford Focus, where she appeared to him to be sleeping. When contacted, the woman allegedly showed signs of nervousness, “would not keep eye contact” and the carotid artery in her neck was visibly moving rapidly, Sulphur Springs Police Officer Tyler Francis alleged in arrest reports.
Francis further alleged he asked her permission to search the car “due to nervous indicators.” After obtaining consent, police located multiple small clear baggies with a chemical compound that mimics marijuana, commonly known as K2, in the woman’s backpack, Francis alleged in arrest reports. The woman also allegedly had multiple baggies of the suspected K2 compound in her bra. Consequently, the 37-year-old Dallas woman was taken into custody at 7:16 a.m. March 1 and jailed for possession of 2 ounces or less of a Penalty Group 2-A controlled substance; the car was towed, according to arrest reports.
Meanwhile, SSPD Officer Sean Hoffman contacted a store employee regarding the other woman. Store staff advised the woman was without her shorts inside the restroom and seemed to the worker to be intoxicated, Hoffman noted in arrest reports.
Hoffman alleged the woman indeed sat on the restroom floor; feces allegedly covered her and she did not have her shorts on. Hoffman reported contacting Hopkins County EMS because he believed the woman to be intoxicated on some type of narcotic. While awaiting EMS, Hoffman attempted to determine what, if anything, the woman had taken. He alleged finding a baggy containing a crystal-like substance he believed to be methamphetamine in the shorts pocket.
EMS arrived and transported the woman to the hospital. After being medically cleared at the hospital, officers reportedly transported the woman to jail. Rebecca Jane Tanner, 39, of Addison was booked for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance, according to arrest reports.
Both women remained in Hopkins County jail Monday morning, March 2. The 37-year-old Dallas woman’s bond was set at $2,000 on the misdemeanor controlled substance charge. Tanner’s bond on the felony controlled substance charge was set at $5,000, according to jail reports.
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Globe Life Field Construction Update
The Texas Rangers face the St Louis Cardinals this month at the brand new Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX. Construction is still underway. The March 23rd exhibition game will start at 6:30PM. KSST is proud to be a official Texas Ranger Baseball affiliate, and will broadcast the game live on KSST AM 1230.
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Como Man Accused Of Assaulting Pregnant Woman
March 2, 2020 – A 21-year-old Como man was jailed Saturday afternoon at the hospital for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman at their Black Oak Road residence, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County sheriff’s officers were contacted at 1:23 p.m. Feb. 29, about a woman being beaten up. Deputies responded at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital Emergency Room. Cpl. Todd Evans spoke to the victim’s father at the sheriff’s office before also going to the ER.
Upon deputies’ arrival, they learned both the alleged victim and suspect were both at the ER together. The suspect, identified in arrest reports as Logan Reed Sevier, was alleged to have previously assaulted the woman and “had past problems with getting angry quickly.”
The suspect was accused of pushing the woman around inside their residence because she texted her mother. He then allegedly tried to confine her in a bedroom to force her to “talk about the situation.” Sevier was accused of holding a firearm to his head, threatening to kill himself. The woman allegedly disarmed Sevier and confined herself in a bathroom with the firearm to prevent him from harming himself.
The woman allegedly attempted to contact her mother to transport her to the ER. The woman reported she is five weeks pregnant. Sevier reportedly transported the woman to the hospital. Sevier was taken into custody at the hospital at 2:54 p.m. Feb. 29 for family violence assault of a pregnant woman.
Sevier remained in the county jail Monday morning, March 2, on the third-degree felony charge. Bond was set at $25,000.
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The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
Ladonia Man Accused Of Assaulting Ex-Wife During Disturbance At Her Home
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 44-year-old Ladonia man who allegedly assaulted his ex-wife during a disturbance at her Turtle Creek Drive residence Saturday night, Feb. 29, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County emergency dispatchers reportedly received two 911 calls from the residence. At 11:11 p.m. Feb. 29, arguing was heard on the call and someone reportedly stated, “I need someone now,” before hanging up. At 11:15 p.m., yelling could be heard in the background on the 911 call and the caller reported a male had broken a female’s leg, according to sheriff’s reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Deputies Colt Patterson, Zachary Horne and Chris Baumann were dispatched to the location. Patterson, upon arrival at the Turtle Creek Drive address, observed an active disturbance and a female in the back seat of a vehicle with what appeared to him to be a compound fracture to the lower part of her right leg, the deputy noted in arrest reports.
Upon further investigation, deputies received information alleging the suspect, identified in arrest reports as John Alvin Smith Jr., was heavily intoxicated when he pushed the female to the ground, causing leg injury. Smith and the injured woman reportedly divorced in December. She allowed him to enter the residence on occasion to do his laundry, but not set up residency, according to arrest reports.
Smith was transported to the county jail and booked on an aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury charge. The injured woman was transported to CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital for treatment. An emergency protective order was requested by the deputy for the safety of the victim and her residence, according to arrest reports.
John Alvin Smith remained in Hopkins County jail Monday, March 2. Bond on the second-degree felony assault charge was set at $45,000, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
CTE: Programming Students Practice Problem Solving In Constantly Changing Field
Students are gaining valuable hands-on experience at local businesses, thanks to a practicum offered through the programming and software development endorsement program at Sulphur Springs High School.
That experience helps them build resumes, which aid them when they enroll in college and join the workforce. For a few SSHS graduates, the program has reportedly assisted in providing job opportunities as well.
The Basics
Students following the programming and software development endorsement plan are taking Computer Programming I, AP Computer Science, Computer Programming II and Practicum in Information Technology, according to SSHS CTE Director Jenny Arledge.
The program is one of the smaller programs, enrollment wise. Upper level classes are even small, typically with eight or fewer students per class, the majority of which are male, according to SSHS teacher Matt Wilder.
“We don’t see a lot of females in computer science. That’s something I’d like to see change in the future. In terms of message I’d like to send: come one, come all. I’d like to see anyone who’s interested in computer programming, computer science and technology,” Wilder said.
“A lot of people are terrified of programming once they see it upfront. There’s the misunderstanding that it’s going to be like in the movies, you’re going to be going crazy like in the Matrix. Then, once they see what it actually is they get overwhelmed and quit,” said Harrison Allen, who is enrolled in the AP computer science class. “After you get the handle of basically what it actually is, it’s a lot more underwhelming than what the movies make it out to be.”
“In the beginning of the year, you’re thrown into the deep end a little. Once you get your bearings, you’re a pro-swimmer afterwards. It’s pretty nice,” Ruiz said. “For the people who do stay and have a passion for it, they can excel in it in this endorsement for a very long time,” junior Luis Ruiz said.
Class Work
The AP class, Allen noted, basically tasks students with figuring out solutions to programming problems.
“It can be challenging, and it can be fairly easy. It just depends on what problem you’re trying to solve. Usually, the earlier problems in a certain lab are pretty straight forward,” Allen acknowledged.
To be successful, students must become fluent in the language. Just as there are several verbal languages, programming has its own languages too. JAVA, C++ and Python are among them.
Effective communication in computer science courses requires an understanding of what certain words mean and how it works. There are different uses for letters and numbers inside programming, Ruiz said.
“It does take a little effort to learn, if you are willing to. If you take that small bit of effort, it goes by really quick,” Ruiz said.
As is the case in most languages, where the basics are the same but some terms and uses change along with the slang of the moment, Ruiz explained, computer programming and languages evolve over time, too.
“It’s not the same program all the time,” Ruiz said. “It’s constantly changing. Every generation has to learn from the previous people who have learned it.”
Today’s programmers will pass along the product they’ve made to the next generation, who will in turn make it their own, Ruiz said.
As seniors, students can apply for the practicum class, which allows them to shadow professionals in the community, where they are “getting some unbelievable experiences,” according to Arledge.
Seniors who successfully complete the requirements can also potentially earn Microsoft Technology Associate certification, a micro certification into programming using JAVA.
“It’s something they can us to pad their resume, which says they’ve achieved this very basic benchmark of programming, which gets them in the door with internship opportunities, which we do have in our program,” Wilder said.
Wilder said students from the class have interned at NetData and Fidelity Express in the past. He currently has six seniors who intern at one businesses.
“They are doing everything from software development, helping them set up their servers there. They have the big computer mainframes. They just went in and replaced the devices that house all their payment devices,” Wilder said.
The internship gives them hands-on experience they wouldn’t likely otherwise have, which can give them a leg up when applying for jobs in the field or college. A few SSHS graduates have been hired at Fidelity Express, Wilder noted.
“They saw value in those students. Those students were fortunate to stick locally and go to college at Commerce or something like that, and they ended up hiring them as full time workers,” the computer teacher said.
To further improve their skills and see how they stack up against peers from others schools, some SSHS students compete in UIL events. Ruiz said competition and similar conferences also provide opportunities for students.
Future Planning
Another class that will be taught in the future at SSHS is cyber security, which for many conjures a setting in which someone is hacking at a computer terminal to prevent someone from overcoming their security protocols.
“It’s not just how to stop people. It’s implementing secure systems, talking about computer systems structure and hardware, the three fundamentals. Everything starts with a physical device, then you get into the logical abstract designs of how to protect yourselves from intruders. It gives a pretty well-rounded picture when we get into it. It’s something brand new so it will be my first time teaching the course material. A lot of the foundations of that course as well as the computer programming course are based in programming, which is something I’m excited about,” Wilder said.
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Hopkins County Commissioner Court March 2, 2020 Work Session Agenda
NOTICE OF WORK SESSION(S)
DATE: Monday, March 2, 2020
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
PLACE: Meeting Room Located On The Third Floor Of The Hopkins County Courthouse Located At 118 Church St., Sulphur Springs, TX.
ORDER OF BUSINESS
- The Court To Meet With Chief Endsley To Discuss The County Fire Department Operations, Review Of Revenue & Expenditures, Proposed Improvements And Repairs.
- The Court To Meet With Sheriff Lewis Tatum To Discuss The Sheriff Operations, Review Of Revenue & Expenditures, Proposed Improvements And Repairs.
- The Court To Discuss Solar.
- The Court To Discuss Subdivision Rules.
- The Court To Discuss Road Materials.
- The Court To Discuss Personnel Policy.
- Budget Work Session(s).
